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Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Originally Posted By: cycloxer ...using our food supply to offset energy costs is stupid. Have you checked your food bill lately? To be fair, basing the majority of our food supply on corn is not exactly smart and healthy either. It may be cheap at the bottom...

Originally Posted By: tenderloin EPA OKs Increase in Gasoline/Ethanol Blend to E15 for Newer Vehicles This is bad news on several fronts. Prepare to witness fuel economy drop again, have more damage to cars, and pay more for food. Henry Ford tried ethanol, too, and quickly rejected it as a...

Originally Posted By: Audi Junkie A few things come into play. I take short trips a lot now which means the oil's not often reaching final visc. Also, it won't be in there long enough to get fuel dilluted. But since you are making a lot of short trips, wouldn't a 0w-30 be better than a...

Originally Posted By: cycloxer ...also explains why PZ Plat 5W-40 discontinued & PZ Ultra now offered with same specs - duplicate product. Assuming that's the case, what was the general consensus on Pennzoil Platinum before it became "Ultimate"? Was it equally hard to find, and what did people...

Originally Posted By: oliverr871 Well, looks like the run has been cut short. Before changing the oil, I moved it on ramps to raise the car up and the oil pressure light was on. Then the inevitable ticking happened. I still replaced the oil and everything, and the ticking is louder. Time for a...

Originally Posted By: bryceban Originally Posted By: Eddie Hopefully you are not warming up the car in the winter by idling. Ed So how would you suggest one warm up an engine? I just let mine idle for 15-20 seconds then take it very easy and drive off in the winter time. 15-20 seconds isn't...

What Jetta is she getting? If it's the 2.0T, note that I've experienced rapid boil off using it as a top-off oil. I'd suggest Castrol 5w40 for a 2.0T.

This sounds like decent stuff, particularly since GC is fast disappearing. Does anyone know where to get this? Also, are there any opinions as to which would be best for newer VWs? It looks like several meet the 502.00 spec. The X-Clean 5w40 is also the "right" viscosity, but I'm also aware that...

Would you re-post the link? It didn't show up. I haven't been on the Vortex for a while.

The coolant level seems normal on my car. I found just a smidge of white under the cap today, again with none on the dipstick, so between all the explanations here and on the similar thread I set up in the general forums, I'm starting to agree with the "condensation" argument. As for the OCI...

It depends. It's mostly 20 miles each way, but I also have some short commutes, as well as some 90 mile drives. The last two weeks have been particularly cold (single digits, below zero). I checked the coolant reservoir about 20 minutes after I turned the car off and it was about 40% between the...

BTW, as for the amount of residue, there appeared to be just a little bit under the cap and on the rubber gasket where the cap screws in. The oil on the dipstick was dark and flowed normally. I wiped off the cap and the rubber gasket, and noticed that the texture was a little "gunkier" than the oil.

Thanks for the info. We did get a little bit of snow last week (about 2-3 inches), and I vaguely recall the oil cap being slightly unscrewed (perhaps just 1/16 turn) one time when I was refilling the washer fluid. The coolant when I checked my car was about 40% between the Min and Max lines...

[Note, I've also posted this to the General Forum, but since it tangentially involves European Oils, and there's a different reader base here, I figured, "what's the harm?".] I just checked the oil level on my car and opened the oil cap to look inside when I noticed a little white residue on...

I just checked the oil level on my car and opened the oil cap to look inside when I noticed a little white residue on the oil cap and on the rim where the cap screws in. It looks almost like cafe au lait. It's too dark, so I can't see into the crankcase when I remove the cap. However, the oil on...

We've just had 2 weeks of single digit and lower temps here. I know I'm in the minority, but I'm one of those who justs lets the oil flow through for about 10-15 seconds and drives off, staying below 2000RPM as much as possible for the first few minutes. Some things like the clutch, suspension...

According to this, it's best not to let a car "warm up" for more than a minute before driving off. http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair-airpur/Facts-WS2309FEF9-1_En.htm#roadfacts

The 2.0Ts seem to boil off GC very quickly. It might be very good, but plan to go through 2 quarts in 10,000 miles. VW puts in Castrol 5w40, which doesn't seem to boil off much at all.

Funny how they say that extended oil drains are bad for the environment. That's why European governments have pushed automakers there to minimum 9.5K mileage (15,000 km) oil change intervals, and are looking to push them to 19K mileage (30,000 km) OCIs in the near future. We all know that Europe...

I'm not sure of all the terminology, however, I think it takes a tad over 5.5 quarts of oil to fill. Is that what you mean by "sump"? The 2.0T is one of the best engines I've ever driven. It puts out more power and torque than the old 2.8L, and gets slightly better fuel economy than the 1.8T...